Offering a complete correspondence home-study (open university) course for beginning and intermediate students in piano tuning, repairing, regulating, voicing, apprentice training and business practices. www.pianotuning.com/handsonseminars.htm for more information.

2010 Conventions and Seminars Where Randy is Teaching:

January 3-10, 2010: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Week-Long Hands-On Training Seminar. Montana State University School of Music, Bozeman, Montana. www.pianotuning.com/handsonseminars.htm

February 2010: California State Conference is cancelled for 2010, as they now rotate with the PNWC (see below).

March 3-7, 2010: Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, Seattle, Washington. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue, Washington. Randy will be teaching "A Baker's Dozen of Beginners' Boo-Boos" and "How To Be A Mentor - How To Be An Apprentice", two times each. For more information contact Dave Davis, RPT, dave@davispiano.com.

April 8-11, 2010: PTG Music City Conference, Radisson Hotel at Opryland. This conference is being run by Paul Adams and Steve Taylor, who have directed the MARC for the past 5+ years. Attendance is expected to be over 300 technicians, and all the major, and many minor, suppliers will be there. Randy will be teaching "Advanced Tuning", and a grand/vertical regulating class called "Its All About Jack", and a tax class titled "Why Did You Give the IRS an Extra $10,000 Last Year?". Contact Dan Tassin, 215-534-0533. http://www.ptgmusiccity.org

June 26-30, 2010: 53rd Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention and Technical Institute, Bally's Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Randy will be teaching, but classes have not yet been determined. For more information about classes being offered, including class descriptions, see the PTG web page, or contact PTG Home Office, 913-432-9975, ptg@ptg.org
Note: Randy will be out of the office from June 20-July 5. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

July 15-17, 2010: Master Piano Technicians Association (MPTA) Annual Convention, Bay Watch Resort, Myrtle Beach, SC. Randy will be teaching an "All-Day Grand and Vertical Regulating Class" on Friday, July 15. As part of the class he will be showing his main regulating tools, and giving students a list of tools he uses for both vertical and grand regulating and voicing. For more information contact. Institute Director Ashley Johnson, 803-370-1380. www.master-piano-techs.org
Note: Randy will be out of the office July 10-18. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

September 30-October 3, 2010: SouthEast Regional Conference (SERC), Sheraton Airport Hotel, Charlotte, NC. Note Change of Class! I had announced I would be teaching an All-Day Tuning Class – but this has been changed. I will be teaching an "All-Day Vertical and Grand Regulating Class" on Thursday. See the online brochure at www.sercptg.org for a complete description. This is not a "how to put in a punching" kind of class, but one that integrates the basic skills with concepts and understanding that will make your regulating results be "as smooth as butter". I will also be teaching "A Baker's Dozen of Beginners' Boo-Boos", and "How To Be A Mentor – How To Be An Apprentice" during Friday and Saturday classes. Contact Jeff Owens, RPT @ owenspiano@hotmail.com. 704-393-9074. P.S. This place has a sweet hotel, good price, and an excellent location. I always go a day early – so I can relax before the seminar.

November 28-December 3: Randy will be in New York at the Concert Service School at Steinway. He will be out of town from approximately November 25 - December 6, or so, but can be reached via email during that time. The office will be open and fully staffed while he is gone, and you can call or email the office with any technical questions you may have. If someone can't answer it they will forward it to Randy who will either email you, or call you.

2011 Conventions and Seminars Where Randy is Teaching:

January 2-9, 2011: Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Week-Long Hands-On Training Seminar. Montana State University School of Music, Bozeman, Montana. The Advanced Class will have the opportunity this year to do a complete action part change-out including wippens, hammers, and shanks and flanges on one of the university instructor's teaching pianos using the new Wessel, Nickel and Gross composite parts, then a complete action regulation and voicing of the piano, under the direction of Dave Swartz, RPT. This class is limited to the first six Advanced students who register. More information at www.pianotuning.com/handsonseminars.htm

Additional seminars where Randy is teaching will be added as information becomes available.

Note: Randy is available for one-day and two-day seminars at local PTG chapters or state seminars. Call the office and talk to Randy for more information.

Below are the 2009 Seminars Where Randy Taught - FYI:

January 10, 2009: "A Day With Randy Potter" / One Day Seminar sponsored by the Phoenix Chapter PTG, Phoenix, Arizona. Classes will include "A Baker's Dozen of Beginner's Boo-Boos", "Its All About Jack", "Why Did You Give the IRS an Extra $10,000 Last April - and Are You Going To Do It Again Next Year?", and "If You Did Not Earn At Least $80,000 Last Year You Need to Attend This Class". Contact: Scott Helms, RPT, 480-818-3871. See www.phoenixptg.org.

January 24, 2009: "A Day With Randy Potter" / One Day Seminar sponsored by the Space Coast Chapter PTG, and Atlantic Music in Melbourne, Florida. Classes will include "A Baker's Dozen of Beginner's Boo-Boos", "Its All About Jack", and photos and discussion of factory training at the Steingraeber Factory in Bayreuth, Germany. Then Brian Gatchell, owner of Atlantic Music, will teach "Hands-On Survey of the World's Best Pianos" (which will include Bösendorfer, Feurich, Playel and Steingraeber). Includes lunch and light dinner, and an evening concert. Contact: Tom Cobble, RPT, 321-254-3431.

February 19-22, 2009: California State Conference / West Coast Regional Conference, Marriott Burbank Airport and Convention Center, Burbank, California. Contact: Bruce Stevens, 562- 925-3065. Randy will be teaching a tax class, "Why Did You Give the IRS an Extra $10,000 Last Year?", and his new class "A Baker's Dozen Beginner's Boo-Boos".

March 19-22, 2009: Central West Regional Conference, Wichita, Kansas. Marty Hess, 316-744-0564. Randy will teach an all day class, "Grand and Vertical Regulating" on Thursday, March 19, and his new class "A Baker's Dozen Beginner's Boo-Boos" on Friday and Saturday. He will be teaching "How To Be A Mentor - How To Be An Apprentice" on Sunday. More information at www.ptg.org/cwr

April 23-26, 2009: Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention, Sheraton Hotel, Harrisburg-Hershey, PA. Randy will be teaching three classes: "A Baker's Dozen of Beginners' Boo-Boos", "How To Be A Mentor - How To Be An Apprentice", and his tax class "Why Did You Give the IRS an Extra $10,000 Last Year?" Contact: Paul Adams, 1-800-280-6778. More information at www.ptgmarc.org

June 11-30, 2009: Randy will be training at a piano factory in Europe, and will be out of the office during this time. He will be handling email as he gets time. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

July 15-19, 2009: 52nd Annual Piano Technicians Guild Convention and Technical Institute, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Randy will be teaching a new class "A Baker's Dozen of Beginning Boo-Boos", and a new class "Tune A Whole Piano With an ETD", in which he will tune a whole piano using the new SAT IV during the class session. For more information about this class, including a class description, see the write-up on the PTG web page, or contact PTG Home Office, 913-432-9975, ptg@ptg.org
Note: Randy will be out of the office from July 10-27. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

July 23-26, 2009: Master Piano Technicians Annual Conference. Fort Smith, Arkansas. Randy will be teaching an all-day class on Friday, July 24th, including a business class, "Its All About Jack" (a regulating class), "A Baker's Dozen of Beginner's Boo-Boos" (a repairing class), and an advanced tuning class. Director, Gary Chamblee. http://master-piano-techs.org
Note: Randy will be out of the office from July 10-27. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

September 9-13, 2009: Austral-Asian Piano Tuners and Technicians Association (APTTA) Biennial Convention, and International Association of Piano Builders and Technicians (IAPBT), Brisbane, Australia. Contact David Lawson, dlawson@davidlawsonspianos.com.au Note: Randy and Lynne will be out of the office from September 1-15. The Office Will Be Open and Fully Staffed.

October 1-4, 2009: Southeast Regional Conference (SERC) in Charlotte, NC. Randy will be teaching an All-Day Grand and Vertical Regulating Class on Thursday, a Mentoring Class Friday evening, and "A Baker's Dozen of Beginners' Boo-Boos". For more information see www.sercptg.org